Electric shaver rack



May 18, 1965 L. W. THIELFOLDT ETAL ELECTRIC SHAVER RACK Filed May 21, 1963 FIG.2

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LLOYD W. THIELFOLDT AND GHARLES I-TS'NYDER INVENTORS United States Patent 3,184,202 ELECTRIC SHAVER RACK Lloyd W. Thielfoldt, 2276 S. Palomares St., and Charles F. Snyder, 515 Miller Ave., both of Pomona, Calif. Filed May 21, 1963, Ser. No. 281,949 3 Claims. ((31. 248-314) This invention relates to means and ways for accommodating an electric shaver and the cord therefor when they are not in use. The means consist of a rack designed to provide a safe resting place for the shaver and includes with the rack, arms or projections which are provided to support the electric cord. The rack is not only a means of convenience, but a necessity in that so far as known, no suitable rack means is available for shavers and their accessories. Unless the shaver, cord and various accessories employed with the shaver are kept neatly together, much time can be lost in hunting the associated parts of a shaver and the location of the shaver itself can never be certain and this is especially true when more than one person uses the same shaver.

One of the principal objects of this invention is to present a rack means and the like that can be attached to a wall, shelf or other kind of supporting means and which rack is provided with means to support a shaver along with its electric cord and the cleaning brush which is generally provided with electric shavers.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will become apparent upon perusal of the specifications and the claims appended thereto.

In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of the rack unit;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a side elevational view thereof, the other side of the rack unit being substantially the same view in reverse;

FIG. 4 is only the bottom portion of a modified form of the invention and is shown in side elevational view;

FIG. 5 is a plan view of that shown in FIG. 4.

With reference to FIGS. 1 through 3, the numeral or character 1 indicates the back wall of the rack unit and numeral 2 indicates the bottom wall of the rack unit. These walls are integrally associated and shaped as shown, but obviously, they could be special separate walls fixed together by any suitable means. Their meeting portions have the rounded or curved wall means 3 and the distal edge portion of the bottom wall 2 is flared upwardly and outwardly as shown at 4. By this arrangement, a tray portion 5 is presented wherein a shaver brush and/or other shaver accessories can be stored or kept handy at all times.

Coextensive with the top portion of the back wall 1 there is the top margin portion 6 of a shaver support means 7. The margin portion 6 is offset at 8 and has the wall members 9, 10 and 11 integral therewith along with an angular extension wall 12, as shown. The walls 9 and 11 cooperate to form a channel-like chamber or pocket 13 which is sized to accommodate most any electric shaver. The floor of this chamber is provided with a resilient pad 14 upon which the head of the shaver is to be rested. This pad will safely protect the working end the shaver from damage. This pad is cemented or otherwise suitably fixed to the wall 10. The pad may BJMQQZ Patented May 18, 1965 ice be made of rubber, neoprene, fibre, or any other material which would be etfective as a protector of parts that may be damaged.

The rack unit has an electric cord supporting arm means 15 in the form of a heavy wire and this wire has the elongated portion 16 which is welded, brazed or otherwise suitably fixed to the inner side of the wall 1 and the under side of the offset portion 8 so that it will have a good firm support upon the rack unit and serve its purposes.

The wire means 15 is shaped, as shown, to form a pair of downwardly extending arms 17 and 18 from opposite ends of the elongated wire 16, and as clearly shown in FIG. 2. These arms are bent to form the electric cord accommodating openings 19 and 20. The arms or means 17 and 18 have the flared outwardly directed ends 21 and 22 respectively so as to provide a flared opening into the openings 19 and 20 and thus make it easy to loop the electric cord across the two arms in any manner desired by the user.

The form of the invention shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 is substantially the same as the one described except for the bottom portion thereof. The back wall is shown and indicated at 25 and the bottom integral wall of the unit is indicated at 26. The bottom wall 26 has the forward extended curl or trough portion 27 to accommodate a small brush and the like to be used occasionally with the shaver. The other parts of this form have the same parts as the ones shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 inclusive and such parts shown in this form have the same reference numerals as used in the first form described, but note that the bottom wall 10 of the shaver pocket is soldered, brazed, welded or otherwise fixed to the bottom wall 26 of the unit.

Any suitable material can be used for the rack unit such as various metals and plastics. Obviously, when plastics are employed, the various parts would most likely be thicker than when metal is used in order to provide the necessary strength.

Certain novel features and details of this invention are disclosed herein, and in some cases in considerable detail, in order to make the invention clear in at least one form thereof. However, it is to be clearly understood that the invention, as disclosed, is not necessarily limited to the exact form and details disclosed since it is apparent that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the claims attached hereto.

Having thus described our invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

I claim:

1. A rack means for an electric shaver and the like comprising a unit having a back wall with means to receive supporting screws and the like, a bottom wall integral with and extending from a lower portion of the back wall to provide a tray means, a pocket means supported by the unit and which pocket means is above the bottom wall and spaced from the back wall, and hook-like wire means extending laterally and forwardly from the back wall adapted to receive and support an electric conductor cord.

2. The rack means recited in claim 1 wherein the pocket means is provided with a resilient mat and the like.

3. A rack means comprising an L-shaped plate presenting a back wall and a bottom wall, a channel shaped plate presenting a floor-type wall integral with an upstanding front wall and integral with an upstanding rear wall that is ofiset from the back wall to provide a clear space between the back Wall and the rear wall, said floor-type wall being spaced materially from the bottom wall to enable the bottom wall to serve as a tray, wire-like means extending laterally from the back wall and having forwardly extending arm means having hook-like end portions to serve as support means for an electric cord and the like.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS Stumm 248-314 Stewart 206l6 Pfeiffer 206l6 Smith 248117.1 Long 248314 Parulski 248314 CLAUDE A. LE ROY, Primary Examiner. 

1. A RACK MEANS FOR AN ELECTRIC SHAVER AND THE LIKE COMPRISING A UNIT HAVING A BACK WALL WITH MEANS TO RECEIVE SUPPORTING SCREWS AND THE LIKE, A BOTTOM WALL INTEGRAL WITH AND EXTENDING FROM THE LOWER PORTION OF THE BACK WALL TO PROVIDE A TRAY MEANS, A POCKET MEANS SUPPORTED BY THE UNIT AND WHICH POCKET MEANS IS ABOVE THE BOTTOM WALL AND SPACED FROM THE BACK WALL, AND HOOK-LIKE WIRE MEANS EXTENDING LATERALLY AND FORWARDLY FROM THE BACK WALL ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AND SUPPORT AN ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR CORD. 